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Harrington Park’s Beer Parade
HARRINGTON PARK—One of our favorite photographs taken in Northern Valley history is the one above, depicting the Beer Parade in Harrington Park on May 17, 1932. Knicker-clad boys hold signs […]
Articles by Kristin Beuscher
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When women worked a revolution
PARK RIDGE—The weather is warming in our little corner of the world, and people are getting outside more. If you lived in the Pascack Valley around 1900, one of the […]
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Acting Owls Took on Shakespeare
PARK RIDGE—A century ago, Park Ridge High School’s senior class brought down the house with its production of Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” presented in the school auditorium April 20–21, […]
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USS Maine relic donated to Arlington
PARK RIDGE “Remember the Maine!” That was the patriotic battle cry that accompanied the United States’ entry into the Spanish-American War in 1898. A U.S. Navy battleship called the Maine […]
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160-year-old scene on West Street
CLOSTER, NJ — The United States was embroiled in the Civil War, but West Street in Closter presented a tranquil scene in this photograph taken in the winter of 1863. On […]
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News classic: Fire chief averts panic
WESTWOOD—Hearing someone shout Fire! in a crowded theater is such cause for panic that this scenario is often used as an example of the limits of free speech. It was […]
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Feb. 19 for findings in historic ‘shell game’
PARK RIDGE—When the old Campbell wampum mill was photographed at the start of the 20th century, it was already a relic of days gone by in the Pascack Valley. The […]
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Postwar shopping in Washington Township
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON—Years before a shovel hit the dirt to construct the large shopping center on Pascack Road in the Township of Washington, there was the Washington Center. The structure, […]
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A Westwood schoolhouse of long ago
WESTWOOD—As today’s kids get ready for a long Presidents’ Day weekend, here is a look back at a long-ago school that was named for Honest Abe. The kids in this […]
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A striking impression in Park Ridge
PARK RIDGE—By Industry We Flourish. Those four words appear on Park Ridge’s borough crest, but the motto didn’t just come out of nowhere. These days it’s mostly history-minded people who […]